Hong Kong police have arrested 118 people in a citywide crackdown on online shopping scams involving losses of more than HK$5 million (US$636,940), largely linked to concert ticket sales amid a boom in the city’s live music scene. One of the cases involved a victim selling a clothes iron who was swindled out of HK$1…
Hong Kong police have arrested 118 people in a citywide crackdown on online shopping scams involving losses of more than HK$5 million (US$636,940), largely linked to concert ticket sales amid a boom in the city’s live music scene. One of the cases involved a victim selling a clothes iron who was swindled out of HK$1…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man on suspicion of swindling an 85-year-old woman out of HK$50,000 (US$6,369) by pretending to be her daughter and claiming to require bail money. The force said on Sunday the victim reported the incident on Friday. After receiving a call from someone who said…
An e-commerce industry leader has suggested that Hong Kong should consider allowing a popular quick payment operator to arbitrate online transactions amid the rising trend of internet shopping scams, while also urging buyers not to use bank accounts for purchases. The statement comes after police earlier revealed that the amount of money lost by Hongkongers…
Hong Kong resident Alan Chew* was aware that scamming had become rampant and believed he had done everything right after coming across an online investment opportunity. Yet, over four months from last October, he lost HK$1.3 million (US$145,100) of his life savings to scammers who persuaded, cajoled and threatened him over WhatsApp messages into parting…
Hong Kong police have issued a warning over an increasing number of scammers posing as officers and technical support staff, as the force launches a second round of a raffle to raise public awareness about fraud. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee said on Thursday residents risked losing their life savings to scams in some…
Hong Kong police raised eyebrows when it announced a plan to launch a raffle on October 1 to boost public awareness of scams amid the growing trend of fraud cases in the city. Through the raffle, the force aims to boost downloads of its anti-scam app, Scameter, which helps users identify suspicious web links, mobile…